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Baldness is not a disability, an employment tribunal has ruled. Teacher James Campbell, 61, claimed he was a victim of disability discrimination because pupils called him "baldy". He even avoided walking in school corridors.

However, a Glasgow tribunal judge said: "If baldness was to be regarded as an impairment then perhaps a big nose, big ears or being smaller than average height might be regarded as an impairment."

Confession of the week

Travel writer Thomas Kohnstamm, who wrote part of The Lonely Planet Guide to Colombia, has admitted that he has never visited the country. "They didn't pay me enough to go to Colombia," he says, "so I got the information from a chick I was dating who was an intern in the Colombian consulate."

Oddball of the week

A DIY enthusiast has been ordered to pay nearly £283,026 to his local council after digging